Above is a clip from CBS News in which President Barack Obama does two things that you've wanted to be allowed to do since you were three years old...in 30 seconds. Obama was visiting an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training facility in Lanham, MD, when the staff there invited him to autograph one of their walls. That's right: A group of adults encouraged him to draw on their wall. And that's just the beginning.

Obama was then escorted to what appears to be a wall of alarms, triggered by a big red button (I assume). He was then encouraged to set off the alarm, and made the entire wall light up and make a lot of noise. The president joked that he "could use of these when the media was around," which was politiely funny enough to score every headline about his visit. But really, that's taking the focus away from the meat of this story: When you're President of the United States, adults let you draw on the walls and push big red buttons. No wonder every 3-year-old kid in the country wants to be president.

Above, presented with very little comment, is newly-elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown making some really boneheaded remarks about his daughters' "availability" to a national television audience. Regardless of your political views (here's Jon Stewart making fun of his opponent, Martha Coakley), I think we can agree that Brown made a big mistake here, and if you were his daughter, you'd be pretty mad and or embarrassed. Will this be the Senator's "Howard Dean Scream" moment? Only time will tell, but Brown is rumored to be in the mix for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, so he's got to be hoping that his party has a short memory.

In this clip from "CBS News" we meet Hayley the golden retriever, who earned the rather impersonal nickname "The Construction Canine" once she began hanging around contracting crews and lending them a hand (OKAY, A PAW) with their various projects. She goes to work every day and climbs ladders and such, which is more than can be said for most of us. Though Hayley transports lumber in her mouth and rides scissor lifts (both helpful tasks, I am certain), her official title is "V.P. of Public Relations" for Max DeMars construction, and her primary responsibility is "bringing smiles to the workers." Based on that job description, I think Ice-T's wife Coco could also likely qualify for Hayley's job, but I'm not sure whether she's in the union.

Nobody was a funnier advocate of marijuana in the '70s than Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, but maybe 40 years later their serious attempt to plead the case for its legalization seems a little dopey.

Not that there isn't a good case to be made -- more than a dozen states already agree -- but seeing these old timers try to sell the idea is depressing. Even the old timer interviewing them, Bill Plante, asked, "Are you two stoners the best spokespeople for this?" Much more after the jump.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has done some hard grinding for the Democratic Party since 2005, and was particularly influential in helping President Obama carry Virginia in the '08 election. So, what do you get the man who has the entire state of Virginia for Christmas? Well, how about having the most powerful man in the free world disguise himself as "Barry from DC" and call in on his talk radio show. Politics, baby!

That's what happened earlier today: Obama thanked Kaine for his year of service, joked about their "superior" spouses, and perhaps most impressively, jumped the talk radio caller queue. He also basically turned a veteran politician into a cross between a tween girl at a Jonas Brothers concert and a puddle. Merry Christmas, Tim...you'll never wash those headphones again.

It's been a wild political odyssey for Senator Droopy the Dog Joe Lieberman these past few months, what with the whole healthcare debate and blah blah politics is boring. But there's nothing funnier than watching two intelligent adults have polite fights, and yesterday Senator Al Franken gave Joe Lieberman the political equivalent of a flying elbow drop from the top rope. Hit "continue reading" below to see it, and get your snaps ready, because "NO HE DI-IN'T!"

As though it had been freshly ripped from the pages of an O. Henry short story, CBS Atlanta reported earlier today that "Chef" Paula Deen was hit in the face by a ham.

It turns out that Deen was doing some community service, flinging hams and turkeys to and fro with the intent of delivering over 25,000 pounds of the stuff to the ATL community, which is enough to feed hundreds of hungry families.

Deen and the other voiunteers were horsing around until Deen took a hog, right in her face. Personally, I am grateful for two things: that she's okay, and that there is video of the incident , complete with that satisfying "thwump" sound, followed by a hapless whinny from our gal: "I didn't know it was bein' thrown."

For those of our readers familiar with irony, congrats on recognizing that the concept does NOT apply to this situation. Quoth our own Tara, "It's only surprising that this kind of thing doesn't happen to her more often."

In Hollywood terms, Fred Thompson's bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination was pretty much a flop. Now he's resuming his nearly 25-year acting career by playing a horse breeder in the upcoming "Secretariat." Welcome back, Mr. Thompson -- loved you in "Die Hard 2." If it's any consolation, you sure do play a mean president!

President Obama's hosting the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh right now, and between condemning Iran's nuclear program (above), and entertaining world leaders, he certainly has a lot on his plate. Last night, during a reception, Obama took 130 pictures with foreign leaders...with the same smile. No, really, the same smile. Eric Spiegelman caught on to this and made a YTMND-style (warning: audio) video of all the pictures in rapid succession; you're either going to think it's really funny, or really creepy. Or maybe a little of both. Hit "continue reading" below and check it out, after the jump.

Above, is the latest amazing basketball shot sweeping the Internet, this time involving Texas A&M's massive Kyle Field. The supposed "World's Longest Basketball shot" was shot by Dude Perfect, a group that's made a career, or at least a prolific hobby, out of making ridiculous basketball trick shots all over the place. Still, despite being filmed from multiple angles, there's still a question about whether or not the shot was sunk legitimately. And as we've seen, these shots can be pretty easily faked. It's hard to tell from the footage if it's legitimate or not, but I, for one, am willing to give these guys the benefit of the doubt: I'm not going to quibble with a guy who sinks basketball shots with the butt-end of a loaded shotgun.